camp out

Eric's birthday is coming up and he decided he wants to go on a 5 day family camping trip. In preparation, he came to the conclusion that we needed a "dry run." Setting up the giant tent in our little backyard and deciding that the entire family would sleep there...

Atila & LindyJean assisting Daddy.

Bitty insisted that she hold "my baby."

... Pretending to sleep. Her bedtime is 7:30 and she buzzed around the tent, hollering, jumping on & off her cot, making sure everyone else was covered with a blankie, squealing about bugs in the tent and how I needed to squish them, and generally acting berserkers. She did not fall asleep until 10:30 and did so curled up on the tent floor in the crook of my leg. It was pretty fun, however I slept like crap and was kinda grumpy on Sunday.

Friday

Nana, Grandad, & Uncle Russ came for a visit. Below is what LindyJean did for the majority of their stay.

Still no shortage of rolls on this lovely little ButterBean.

Nana & Uncle Russ & Bitty played with side walk chalk and even had the dog lay down and chalk his outline like it was a homicide scene. Bitty was thoroughly amused.

She's not wearing pants because she has decided she's no longer going to wear diapers and we're working on being officially toilet trained... wouldn't it be nice to have just one in diapers?

We went on a walk with Nana after dinner. Addy Lou Hoo refused to sit in the stroller and insisted that she walk Atila.

Mommy Maggie & Miss LindyJean

With the arrival of LindyJean, Maggie has been most intrigued by babies in general, breastfeeding, and LindyJean herself. Below are a few shots of Maggie with 'babe in arms.' It's too cute.

Everyone seems to be doing ok...

Maggie's exhilirated to be holding LindyJean - the feeling may not be mutual...

It's not that I don't like you Maggie; I'm hungry and your arm will suffice!

AIRPLANES

We went to the Prosser Fly-In on Saturday to show the girls the airplanes on display... it was a huge hit! They were very amused by all the variety in aircraft.

This fella's plane was so very shiny we could photograph our reflections clearly!

Bitty and Maggie gleefully posing!

Bitty & Eric.

A shot from early in the morning as we head to the market in search of apricots for canning, jam, & drying.

2nd child

Aunty Staci is very concerned about Lindyjean not having any photos nor memorabilia. As a sufferer of 2nd child syndrome, so often justified by the constant reminder of no babybook, no token memorabilia, nary a photo of her as a baby & small child, Aunty Staci is regularly reminding me to properly document Lindyjean's babyhood. What would I do without 4-star General & Planning Czar Faw's direction? I would certainly be hopelessly floundering in the social networking, photography, & scrapbooking departments.

For your viewing pleasure, a close-up of Miss Lindyjean. Thanks to Aunty Lolo for this lovely little getup - hooray, it is not pink!!! Not that I don't like pink, but as anyone who has girls knows, you can become suddenly nauseated by the hideous flood of pepto bismol pink that cascades into your household with the arrival of an adorable baby girl.

Fun with Gammy

Overshare of photos, however... this blog is a demonstration of the ability of Miss Destructo and everything she can get into.

We went to Bob & Trudi's for dinner. When we got there, it was so sweet - Adelaide burst through Trudi's front door, yelling "GAMMY, Gammy, GAMMY, where are you?" She found her in the laundry room and went running down the hall, arms wide open, insisting on a hug and a kiss. Too cute!

This outfit is courtesy of Aunty Judy (Eric's Mom's brother's wife). She has great taste.

Bitty torturing Atila... who takes the abuse like a champ! Good doggy.

Bitty "helping" make whipped cream.

Look at me and my sweet clogs! If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much.

I was trying to get my announcements addressed, stamped, and stuffed with this little bugger running around stealing my stamps, throwing envelopes, and generally being a pain in the heiny. I love her, but good Lord!

neighborly fun

Here is our gang! We went to Brian, Lisa, & Maggie's last night for AllStar Baseball, Hotdogs, coleslaw, beans, and icecream. It was an all-American evening.